# NTSB LAX83FUG15: Boland Mong Sport, N32RJ, Murietta, CA, May 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 3, 1983, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Murietta, CA
- Coordinates: 33.390491, -117.209388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3905&lon=-117.2094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUG15
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG15

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD. THE PLT STATED THAT DURING PRE-FLIGHT, HE FOUND ABOUT 7 GALLONS OF FUEL ABOARD THE ACFT. HIS FLIGHT WAS TO BE ONLY 20 MINUTES OF AIR WORK. SOME TIME WAS ADDED IN LOCATING GROUND REFERENCE POINTS, AND AFTER SOME MANEUVERING AT FULL POWER, THE ENGINE STOPPED. RESTART PROCEDURES DID NOT SUCCEED, SO A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. NO FUEL WAS VISIBLE IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANK AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32RJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32RJ), registered now, S/N WTB-1, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLAND MONG SPORT
- Registry model: [Boland MONG SPORT](https://openairdocs.org/model/boland-mong-sport) (registry code 57901BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: WTB-1
- Airframe hours: 800
- Engines: LYCOMING IO 320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tom Aberle
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 1982, 80 hours before
- Departed: L18, FALLBROOK, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830503017229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830503017229A), May 3, 1983: Amtrmg MONGSPORT*, Murietta, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on a local pleasure flight. Struck a fence landing in a rough field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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